X-Message-Number: 13551 From: Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 03:08:33 EDT Subject: Dave Pizer's Cryo-haven Mr. Pizer, While I applaud your idea of a cryonics community, (and the fact that you are actually DOING something about it-- investing your own money), it seems to me that a forty acre site is going to seem rather small in the not too distant future. I live in a resort area of northern Michigan, and am quite familiar with cabins, condo's, resorts and other vacation rental facilities. It seems to me that a project of the scope you are planning would require two or three hundred acres (at least to start). Is there room for expansion when revenues start coming in? I may have a different outlook than most, since I live on five acres (which seems modest to me-- a square only 468 feet on a side). The ideas of gardens and greenhouses are excellent! Perhaps a community bonfire pit/storytelling circle could also be included? Maybe there are some architects and/or landscape designers who are cryonicists and would be willing to do some design work in exchange for space in the community? Or sculptors, etc... The more attractive you can make the resort, the more paying visitors (and permanent residents) you will have. Maybe I'm out in left field somewhere, but I'm thinking of Taliesin, (or something along those lines )which would be as compelling. Just a few thoughts, hoping to be helpful. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13551